The European Union has imposed sanctions against Nathalie Yamb, a Cameroonian-Swiss social media influencer.
“Since the Sochi summit she attended in 2019, Nathalie Yamb has been an outspoken supporter of Russia, adopting Moscow’s language and targeting France and the West in particular, with a view to ousting them from the African continent. She has specific ties with AFRIC, an organisation linked to Russian private military companies.
Therefore, Nathalie Yamb is supporting actions or policies attributable to the Government of the Russian Federation which undermine or threaten democracy, the rule of law, stability or security in the Union or in its Member States by engaging in the use of information manipulation,” said the EU.
In 2024, Yamb participated in the conference “Russia– Africa: in the Struggle for Truth” in Russia.
The conference announcement stated: “The fight against neo–colonialism is an integral part of the foreign policy of Russia and African countries to establish a just world order. Joint counteraction to Western propaganda and falsifications in the global information space is of particular importance in this area. One of the responses to the expansionist aspirations of the West should be the strengthening of economic and political ties between Russia and Africa, based on the principles of self-reliance modernization.”
